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CONF: EA/TIB INFO: LIMITO, MDSX, ODPD, FILE, DDO (2/P)

TOT: 2921232 JUN 95 DIRECTOR 343286

STAFF 292123Z DIRECTOR 343286
TO: BANGKOK, RANGOON, PHNOM PENH, CHIANG MAL.

FROM: LIMIT C/EA/TIB
SLUGS: WNINTEL RYBAT
SUBJECT: EYES ONLY - COS - WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS

REF: NONE,

TEXT:

} ACTION REQUIRED: BANGKOK: PLS HOLD FOR COS/HANOI'S
PERUSAL THE NEXT TIME HE STOPS AT STATION.

DEAR ALL, FOLLOWING ARE THE MAIN HIGHLIGHTS OF THE 28 JUN

fn ,
DO BUKBTHKNOTHER Ure ee eoen7 SER-WCER-OCCOPTED—FOR PART OF TH 4
TIME WETH-ANOTHER MEETING) AT THE 29 guN EA STAFF MEETING:

. - IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT IF YOU HAVE CHILDREN AND
WOULD LIKE TO GET THEM REGISTERED IN THE AGENCY’S NURSERY, YOU
SHOULD APPLY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE FOR THE OPENINGS THAT WILL COME
AVAILABLE THIS SEPT.

- ADDO MET 30 MEMBERS oF THE PRESS FOR A
BACKGROUNDER NEWS CONFERENCE. CNN, ABC, AND ALL THE OTHER BIG
MEDIA REPS ATTENDED. PER ADDO, THE BRIEFINGS WENT QUITE WELL. aT
ONE POINT, SOMEONE MENTIONED THEY WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING "OFF
Tae RECORD," AND THIS CAUSED SOME COMPLAINTS FROM THE PRESS.
HOWEVER, ON THE WHOLE, THIS NEW SYSTEM OF HAVING THE DO INTERFACE
WITH THE PRESS IS SAID TO HAVE GONE QUITE WELL. THE DCI IS ALSO
PREPARING A BACKGROUND FOR THE "NEW YORK TIMES" (NFI) .

- THE ADDO MET WITH Tom DONILAN (THE SECRETARY OF
STATE‘S CHIEF OF STAFF) To DISCUSS ISSUES OF CONCERN TO THE
SEGRETARY . THIS IS PART OF A NEW SYSTEM INTENDED TO HAVE THE bo
GET BRIEFINGS ON WHAT SPECIFIC MATTERS HIGH LEVEL CABINET MEMEBERS
lara INTERESTED.

; - THE EXDIR IS STARTING A HUMAN RESOURCES OVERSIGHT
(CUNSEL TO BE CHAIRED BY BETSY GRAVES. ‘THE COUNSEL WILL ef

\PIRST MEETING NEXT THURSDAY. THE GROUP’ S PURPOSE WILL BE TO
REVIEW BE—AGENCY“S-PROCEDURES FOR HANDLING PERSONNES MATTERS
ETC.)

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A TRAINING, PROMOTIONS, EPROM_-CRADLE_ TO GRAVE, I.E., BOD TO

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RETIREMENT, AND THRE DIVERSITY ISSUE WILL BE ANOTHER MAJOR CONCERN

~ A NEW STRATEGIC BUDGET PLANNING GROUP IS BEING |
CREATED. IT WILL BE LED BY ERIC QUACKENBUSH AND JOE DETRANI.

~ PRESIDENT BUSH’S 27 JUN VISIT TO HOS WENT QUITE
WELL, IN THE DCI‘s ESTIMATION. + THE DCI ADVISED THAT THE BRIEFINGS
BY DO PERSONNEL WERE RIGHT ON THE MONEY AND VERY WELL RECEIVED,
ESPECIALLY THE CHINA BRIEFING BY ADCEA/CO.

- THE ADDO WILL ATTEND A COVERT ACTION HEARING AT
THE SSCI ON 14 JULY. ON THAT SAME DAY, THE PRESIDENT AND FIRST
LADY WILL VISIT THE AGENCY.

- GEORGE TENET HAS BEEN CONFIRMED AS THE DDCI AND
(WILL ARRIVE ON MONDAY, 3 JULY. ADMIRAL STUDEMAN WILL REMAIN WITH
[THE AGENCY FOR A FEW MONTHS OVERLAP.

TS HONDURAN_TASH FORGE HAS -seaN-cREMTED-TO-punE rE —!

THE SAME FUNCTION AS THE GUATEMALA TF.

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“POCUMENTS RELATED TO THE<JFK ASSASSINATION.» RELRASED DOCUMENTS

J

WILL NOT INCLUDE ANY INFO DEALING WITH THIRD COUNTRY LIAISON
RELATIONSHIPS OR ABOUT AGENT ASSETS. HOWEVER, ALL ELSE WILL BE
RELEASED.

- THE IG SEMI-ANNUALS ARE ABOUT TO BEGIN (NII) . a,

- DDA AND DDO WILL BEGIN HAVING BREAKFAST MEETINGS
TO HOLD DISCUSSIONS ON "CONNECTIVITY" (#-MATI AND OTHER
COMMUNICATION) BETWEEN HQS AND FIELD STATIONS.

-RE MEALS: EXECUTIVE DINING ROOM #2 WILL SOON
CLOSE, AND IT MAY BE RE-ESTABLISHED SOMEWHERE ELSE IN THE HOS
BUILDING. DINING ROOM #1 WILL REMAIN FOR USE WITH LIAISON
VISITORS.

~ FRANK ROCCO (DDA) IS RETIRING. AS PART oF HIS

RETIREMENT PROCESS, HE WILL WORK FOR ABOUT TWO MONTHS HELPING
ESTABLISH OF THE NATIONAL IMAGERY AGENCY AND THEN SPEND ABOUT ONE
MONTH IN THE TRANSITION PROGRAM. AT THE DO STAFF MEETING, ADDO
FORMALLY BID ADIEU TO LA DIVISION OFFICER BILL DEVINE, WHO IS ALSO
RETIRING.

3. TOWARDS THE END OF THE EA STAFF MEETING, CEA JOINED THE
GROUP; AND, AT THE CONCLUSION OF DCEA/SEA‘S BRIEFING PRESENTED AN
EA PLAQUE TO IDEN REPORTS (AND SOMETIMES FRONT OFFICE) SECRETARY
FOR HER SEVERAL YEARS OF OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO THE DIVISION,

IRST AS EA/J SECRETARY AND THEN IN REPORTS. SHR IS MOVING INTO
AN AGENCY JOB AT AN OUTLYING OFFICE mMuCH CLOSER TO HER RESIDENCE.

a. FYI, THIS WAS YOuRS TRULY’S LAST EA STAFF? MEETING ASI
WILL BE ENTERING THE $0-DAY RETIREMENT TRANSITION PROGRAM,
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STARTING 3 JULY AND WITH AN ACTUAL RETIREMENT DATE SET FoR 30 SEP.
WINPTEED-WEEL-BE-AC/EA/TIB ONTIL THE DIVISION PMAP SOON DECTDES ON
THE NEXT BRANCH CHIEF. HE IS A LEADING CANDIDATE FOR THE
POSITION. FINAL WORD SHOULD BE OUT TO YOU ALL BY EARLY JULY. IN
ANY EVENT, IT HAS BEEN VERY SATISFYING WORKING WITH YOU ALL OUT
THERE VICARIOUSLY (UNFORTUNATELY) FOR THE MOST PART THOUGH I DID
GET TO MEET AND RENEW ACQUAINTANCES WITH THE COS’S AND SOME OF THE
C4Ors DURING YOUR TRIPS BACK HERE. THE WORK You ALL ARE DOING IS
TERRIFIC AND BEING ACCOMPLISHED UNDER VERY DIFFICULT CONDITIONS.
Ty WAS GREAT BEING INVOLVED WITH YOUR EFFORTS AND I HOPE OUR
SUPPORT HAS BEEN UP TO YOUR EXPECTATIONS. I AM SURE THAT THE VERY
| SOLID OPERATIONS YOU ALREADY HAVE IN TRAIN WILL CONTINUE TO
SUCCEED; AND, BASED ON THE OBVIOUSLY HIGH MOTIVATION BY ALL OF Yow
oup THERE, I AM SURE YoU WILL ALL BE ACCOMPLISHING MANY OTHER GOOD
THINGS FOR THE ORGANIZATION AND THE COUNTRY. I WISH YOU THRE BEST
IN| YOUR ENDEAVORS AND You CAN COUNT ON THE FACT THAT I WILL STILL
BE |CHEERING FOR ALL OF YOU AND THE AGENCY FROM THE RETIREMENT SIDE
LINES. GOOD LUCK, EMERSON.

9. FILE: NONE. DECL OADR DRV HUM 4-82.>
RELNO: §£202312

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